static

1. 1.

   a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference

   Synonymsatmosphericsatmospheric static

   Broadernoise

   Narrowerradio noise
2. 2.

   angry criticism

   “they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial”

   Broadercriticism

Other forms of static

plural

statics·

comparative

staticer·

superlative

staticest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about static

What does static mean?

static means "not in physical motion". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in static?

static has 2 syllables: stat-ic. The stress falls on "stat". In IPA it is /ˈstætɪk/.

What is another word for static?

Close synonyms include inactive, motionless, still, electrostatic, stable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is static a common word?

static is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with static?

5 words rhyme with static. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.